Crazy Loco
Narrator: Joe Rodriguez
Imprint: Listening Library
Grades: Grade 7 & Up
Ages: 12 and up
Release Date: February 26, 2019
3 Hours and 33 Minutes
List Price: $38
ISBN: 9780525628941
Categories:
Young Adult Fiction - People & Places - United States - Hispanic & Latino, Young Adult Fiction - Short Stories, Collections & Anthologies, Young Adult Fiction - Family - General (See Also Headings Under Social Themes)
A powerful collection of short stories telling the tales of a Mexican-American childhood ideal for fans of Gary Soto
Welcome to Southern Texas.
Meet Loco, a dog with a passion for firecrackers. And Pedro, an altar boy forced to lean a hard lesson from two of the toughest, oldest men ever to serve the Lord. Jordan and Todd are two boys from California who don't know what they're in for when they push their Texas cousins a little too far. Loosely based on the author's own childhood as a Mexican-American boy in south Texas, this story collection is a moving whirlwind of humor and insight--brash, tender, and full of the unexpected.
Welcome to Southern Texas.
Meet Loco, a dog with a passion for firecrackers. And Pedro, an altar boy forced to lean a hard lesson from two of the toughest, oldest men ever to serve the Lord. Jordan and Todd are two boys from California who don't know what they're in for when they push their Texas cousins a little too far. Loosely based on the author's own childhood as a Mexican-American boy in south Texas, this story collection is a moving whirlwind of humor and insight--brash, tender, and full of the unexpected.
